Mark Thomson has taken the reins at CERN just as particle physics confronts some of its deepest unknowns – and faces hard ...

The 28th Chamonix Workshop took place from 2 to 5 February 2026, with around 130 participants from CERN and several ...

Following a two-year shutdown for maintenance and upgrades, Ned Stafford looks at how the LHC has been improved to allow researchers to hunt for new particles Power boost The upgrade and maintenance ...

The CERN Council has designated the Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee) as the preferred successor project to the LHC. A final ...

Physicists know that their elegant theoretical description of forces and particles — the standard model of particle physics — ...

The Large Hadron Collider is transitioning into a new era as it shuts down for a major upgrade, paving the way for ...

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Scientists working at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider may be seeing the strongest hints yet of physics beyond the Standard Model — the decades-old theory that explains the fundamental particles and ...

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Deep underground, researchers from nations in conflict have worked side by side for decades, driven by curiosity and shared wonder. For 70 years, CERN has stood as an act of hope, a place where ...